‘Functional skills aren’t functioning’
The next phase of education reform should be about finding the route through which every young person can discover what they are capable of, and giving them a reason to keep going.
Seema Malhotra MP
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Ministers should set out a clear roadmap to help SMEs transition to net zero
This week Labour launched a series of net zero small business roundtables, the first of which I hosted with Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar and Scottish Labour’s finance spokesperson Daniel Johnson MSP in Glasgow. Small businesses have…
The Taylor review was launched four years ago. We need it implemented now
Monday marked four years since the Taylor review into modern working practices was officially launched. Despite accepting 51 out of its 53 recommendations, the government has only legislated for seven. At a time when we are witnessing a…
We must end the rich-poor tech divide to help deprived children
Today marks the start of a new school term. As it stands, this term will be one in which the most deprived school children fall behind their peers, with severe consequences for their futures. As lessons and learning move online, it is…
We’ve left the EU, but the UK still faces many hard choices
The UK has left the EU, but Brexit is not over. In truth, it is only just beginning – and it will come at a cost. The question now is how big the price, particularly in terms of our rights as EU citizens, security, our ease of trade and our…
Seema Malhotra: This Tory economy is not for everyone, but for the chosen few
Delivering the autumn budget, the Chancellor last week described the UK economy as one that was “working for everyone”. But the facts tell a whole different story. Families up and down the country know the cold, hard truths of the past…
Seema Malhotra: We must keep open the option of an EEA-based model
The Conservative Party has wasted over 700 days fighting amongst themselves with incompatible policy objectives leading to a lack of clarity about what they want from Brexit. Even when there has been agreement it has changed within months…
Seema Malhotra: It is more complicated than class and Brexit – Labour needs a one nation consensus to win again
Despite the many reasons to be positive at our election result, our "path to power" relies on our addressing the challenges the election has laid bare. We exceeded our own expectations – and I am proud that we did so. But in 2010 we held…
Malhotra: As A50 triggered, May’s Brexit plans give us little reason to be confident
Today the prime minister triggered article 50, and it is now that the real challenge of negotiating a good deal for Britain begins. There is more than one way to Brexit and getting the right answer is going to need a far better and more…
Seema Malhotra: Why I resigned – and why Jeremy should step down as leader
This week I made what was most difficult decision to resign from the Shadow Cabinet. I did so because I believe we need a new leader to take us forward in the complex aftermath of the referendum, provide the strong leadership we need to be…
Seema Malhotra: Osborne’s living wage con fails hard-working Britons
Wherever you look in George Osborne’s record of six years as Chancellor you find false economies – cuts and half-measures that heap costs on future generations. There are some obvious examples – the slashing of the housing investment…
With another unfair Tory Budget looming, Labour has called an Economy Action Day
The Labour Party boasts more members than all the other parties combined. It doesn’t take an economist to work out that gives us a serious edge over our rivals in the run up to May’s elections. That’s hundreds of thousands of opportunities…